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Coronavirus patient count surpasses 71,000 worldwide

By Tim Pearce
Published February 17, 2020 5:45pm ET
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Coronavirus patient count surpasses 71,000 worldwide
Pedestrians cross a street as one of them prepares his face mask in western Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020. Iran is preparing for the possibility of "tens of thousands" of people getting tested for the new coronavirus as the number of confirmed cases spiked again Saturday, Health Ministry spokesman Kianoush Jahanpour said, underscoring the fear both at home and abroad over the outbreak in the Islamic Republic. | (Vahid Salemi/AP)

The coronavirus has infected over 71,000 people around the world.

The illness has spread to 29 countries and territories worldwide, and the latest count comes from data made available by each of the infected countries’ public health authorities, according to the Associated Press.

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